Improvement in blanket-case and shelter-tent



0. E. MIGHAELIS Blanket-Case "and Shelter-Tent.

No. 197,878. Patented Dec. 4,1877

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OTHO E. MIOHAELIS, OF ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA.

IMPROVEMENT lN BLANKET-CASE AND SHELTER-TEN T.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 197,878, dated December4, 1877; application filed May 12, 1877. p

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Capt. OTHO ERNEST MICHAELIS, of St. Paul, in thecounty of Ramsey and State of Minnesota, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Combined Blanket-Case andv Shelter-Tent, of which thefollowing is a specification;

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved device rolled up fortransportation. Fig. 2 represents the same folded ready to be rolled.Fig. 3 is a plan view of the same spread out. Fig. 4 is a cross-sectionof the same arranged as a tent.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The object of this invention is to furnish an improved blanket-casewhich will protect the blankets and enable them to be rolled into acompact bundle, and which may also be used as a shelter-tent whenrequired.

The invention will first be described in connection with the drawings,and then pointed out in the. claim.

The central or rectangular part A of the device is about eight feet longan d four feet wide, and upon each of its side edges are formed twotriangular flaps, B. To each end of the part Aare attached three ringsor loops, C, and to the angle of each flap B is attached a ring or loop,0, which rings or loops are designed to receive tentpins, when thedevice is used as a tent. The edge all around should be hemmed or boundover a cord to prevent said edge from stretching.

The inner edges of the flaps B are provided with straps and buckles D,or buttons and but ton-holes, to enable said edges to be fastenedtogether when the device is used as a tent.

The flaps B upon one side are provided with straps or cords E, and theflaps upon the other side are provided with buckles or loops F, tofasten said flaps together when folded over the blankets ready to berolled, as shown in Fig. 2. To the middle part A, at the angle betweenthe flaps B, are attached guy-ropes G.

In using the device as a tent, it may be spread over two pairs ofstakes, H, hinged to each other at their upper ends, and braced by theguy-ropes G, or it may be supported by attaching the guy-ropes G to somesuitable supports, or in any other desired or convenare folded upon themiddle part A, the flaps B are then folded over and secured by thebuckles and straps F E, as shown in Fig. 2, and the whole is then rolledinto a compact bundle, as shown in Fig. '1, and secured by straps.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- The combined blanket case or wrap and shelter-tent,consisting of the rectangular central part A, having on each of itslonger edges the two triangular flaps B, said flaps being provided ontheir contiguous edges and at their outer ends with straps and buckles,or their equivalents, as and for the purposes set forth, and the devicebeing further provided, at proper points along its edges, with loops orrings forreception of tent-pegs, as set forth.

OTHO ERNEST MICHAELIS.

Witnesses GHAs. MOOLURE, U. S. A., FREDK. J OHNSTON.

